Adjustable printing-wheel.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. HORAN AND ERASMU S N. WINSTON, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,ASSIGNORS TO ROLLER STENCIL COMPANY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,

A CORPORATION OF KENTUCKY.

ADJUSTABLE PRINTING-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 719,592, dated February3, 1903.

Application filed December 5, 1901. Serial No. 84,751. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES H. HoRAN and ERASMUS N. WINSTON, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jeffersonand State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Adjustable Printing-Wheels; and we do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of thisspecification. Our invention, the object of which is to furnish aconvenient method of imprinting names, addresses, and other desiredmatter on packages sent out by merchants and others in paper bags,bales, or boxes so constructed as to enable the printing matter thereonreadily to be changed, consists of certain peculiarities of constructionand combinations of elements, substantially as hereinafter described,and particularly set forth in the subjoined claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of our adjustableprinting-wheel, showing one letter in position in a groove. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the opposite sideto that shown in Fig. 2, showing the stop-lug and stop-bolt, which stopsthe revolution of the wheel when the coiled spring is fully wound. Fig.4 is a bottom plan view of our device, showing the 5 frame of the wheel,the spring in dotted lines, and the inking-cylinders in position, thepads on the inking-cylinders indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional view of the grooved Wheel, spindle and spring, and

the bearings of the spindle on the line Y Y in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is adetail of one of the inking-cylinders. Fig. 7 is a longitudinalsectional view of one of the inking-cylinders on the line X X in Fig. 6.Fig. 8 is a detail of 5 the spring-bearing spindle, and Fig. 9 is detailend view of one of the ink-cylinder In the drawings, A represents therectangular frame carrying the wheel B, having grooves C in itsperiphery, journaled on the spindle D, having hearings in the oppositesides of the frame A, which frame also car-. ries at its opposite endsthe ink-holding cylinders E, covered by dust-shields 2', attached to theends of the frame, said cylinders having apertures e to allow the ink toescape and saturate the ink-pad e surrounding them. The apertures 6(shown in Fig. 4) are presented in dotted lines because covered by theink-pad.

A represents the handle of our device, attached to one end of the frameA.

In the drawings the wheel is presented as made of wood, having anaperture through its center from side to side to admit the axle D withthe coiled spring d surrounding it. One end of the spring is put throughthe slot (1 (shown in Fig. 8) in one end of the axle D and bent at rightangles, and the other end is fastened in the opposite side of the wheel,as shown in Fig. 4:- The axle has bearings in the sides of the frame Aand is held in place by a screw-nut d and washer d on the slotted end,which will also hold or assist in holding the end of the coil-spring inthe split end of the axle. The ink is put in the cylinders by removing ascrew-cap 6 and the cylinders are supported in the frame by bolts ehaving a screw-head, passing through the frame and their shafts workingin slots 6, shown in the heads of the cylinders in Fig. 7. Said bolts ethus constitute the axles or shafts of the inking-roller and areseparately formed from said roller and readily removable there from tofacilitate the removal of the inkingroller from the frame of the device.The bolts e pass through the frame in a longitudinal slot 9 which allowsthem play to suit the height of the type in the grooves C, andscrew-bolts a, passing through the ends of the frame A, are arranged topress on the bolts 6 and press the cylinders on the wheel according tothe height of the type.

When the wheel is made of wood, we put aroun the sides of the wheel arubber disk W edges of which project slightly above e rims of the wheeland form a tire which serves to steady the wheel. This rubber is held inplace by thin metal disks 7), fastened to the sides of the wheel, andthese metal bands are in turn held by metal flanges 19, one of whichcarries the stop-lug F.

To enable the user to change at will the subject-matter to beimprintedby the device, the printing-wheel B preferably has itsperiphery formed with the groove C, within which there are inserted theseparate and independent type, one of which is indicated in Fig. 1.Preferably the wheel has a plurality of said grooves spaced from eachother, as shown, so as to provide for the imprinting of more than oneline simultaneously.

The operation of our device may be described as follows: The movablerubber types composing the words to be printed having been arranged inthe grooves O, the wheel is rolled along the surface to be printed, theink-pads on the ink-bearing cylinders pressing against the type andinking them till. the entire rows of types are inked and impressed, whenthe forward revolution of the wheel is stopped by the impinging of thescrewfin the frame against the stop-lug F in the side of the Wheel,whereupon the operator lifts the Wheel free from the printed surface'andthe spring carries back the wheel to the starting position.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a frame and a printing-wheel journaled therein,of an inking-roller for said printing-wheel, said inking- I'oller havingits heads formed with openings and one of said heads removable to affordaccess to the interior of the roller, separatelyformed journals havingtheir ends inserted in said openings, said journals being located inbearings elongated toward the printingwheel, and adjustable boltsengaging said journals and operative to adjust the inkingroll relativeto the printing-wheel. v

2. The combination with a frame, of a printing-wheel consisting of abody having an axial opening extending entirely through it, an axleextending through opening, said axle being journaled in said frame andhaving a split threaded end, disks closing the ends of the openingthrough said body, a returningspring coiled around said axle and locatedin said opening, one end of said spring being secured to the side ofthe'body remote from the split threaded end of the axle and the otherend of said spring being inserted in said split threaded end, a nut anda washer on said split threaded end acting thereon to clamp and confinethe end of the spring therein and to prevent longitudinal movement ofthe axle in one direction, and means for stopping rotation of saidwheel.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES H. HORAN. ERASMUS N. WINSTON. Witnesses:

JNo. B. TILFORD, E. V. KYLE.

